FLINT, Michigan -- A judge has granted a temporary restraining order against Flint emergency manager Michael Brown today, preventing him from taking "any action with regard to the city of Flint," according to Lawrence Roehrig, secretary-treasurer of AFSCME Council 25.

The order stems from a lawsuit filed today by the president of the city's largest employee union against Brown, as well as Gov. Rick Snyder, Treasurer Andy Dillon and the Flint financial review team that recommended an emergency manager be appointed in Flint.

Sam Muma, president of AFSCME Local 1600, claims in the suit that Brown's appointment was illegal, saying the state violated the Open Meetings Act because the review team didn't meet in public or keep minutes, Roehrig said.

"We're hoping for transparency and sunlight in the whole
process of our government," Roehrig said. "If there is an emergency manager review and
appointment, it should be done consistent with the Open Meetings Act."

A hearing has been set for March 20 in Ingham County Circuit Court before Judge Rosemarie E. Aquilina.

Roehrig said the restraining order prevents Brown from taking any official action until after the hearing.

The case is similar to one recently heard by Ingham Circuit Judge William E. Collette, who ruled that the appointment of the Highland Park Schools emergency manager was not appropriate because the review team did not follow the Open Meetings Act.